Shadowlands Legendary Items Overview - Legendary Powers, Crafting Costs, Runecarving

By Wowhead Updated: 2021/06/25

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Blood DKFrost DKUnholy DK

Havoc DHVengeance DH

Guardian DruidFeral DruidBalance DruidRestoration Druid

Beast Mastery HunterMarksmanship HunterSurvival Hunter

Arcane MageFire MageFrost Mage

Brewmaster MonkMistweaver MonkWindwalker Monk

Holy PaladinProtection PaladinRetribution Paladin

Discipline PriestHoly PriestShadow Priest

Assassination RogueOutlaw RogueSubtlety Rogue

Elemental ShamanEnhancement ShamanRestoration Shaman

Affliction WarlockDemonology WarlockDestruction Warlock

Arms WarriorFury WarriorProtection Warrior

The RunecarverRunecarverNote: Memory of the Runecarver Legendary recipes only drop if you have the Runecarver unlocked.Memory of the Runecarver Recipes - Legendary Power Drop SourcesCrafting Legendary GearLegendary Powerinspiration Legendary Items, Tier Sets, and removed abilities and talents

A Base Item of the appropriate level and slot type

2 Different State Missives (crafted by Scribes)

An amount of Soul Ash

The Memory of the Runecarver Legendary Recipe learned and in your collections for a Legendary Power that matches the slot type of the Base Item

Crafted Base ItemsBase Itemsrecipes are found by playing max level contentnot Soulboundspecific armor slotsMissivesScribes MissivesSoul AshSoul AshSoul AshSoul AshMemory of the RunecarverMemory of the RunecarverLegendary Powers

General: usable by any Class/Spec

Class: usable by members of a specific Class

Spec: usable by members of a specific Spec within the Class

Class Legendary PowersShadowlands Legendary Transmogs: Maw Raid SetsCloth Legendary Set TransmogLeather Legendary Set TransmogMail Legendary Set TransmogPlate Legendary Set Transmog

Comments

Comment by ecaflip

I hope we can make a legendary in the weapon slot

Comment by Miasimon

Excited to see armor crafting professions having a form of stable income that's not reliant of sheer RNG. Also, it's about time that scribes get something to sell that isn't just glyphs and contracts.

Have some mixed feelings on needing to use an "optional" item to boost the ilvl at creation, instead of having an item that you use to upgrade your legendary at a later date (though I'd have to see just how expensive or rare all the reagents are going to be before I start complaining).

Comment by Nymrohd

INSCRIPTIONISTS?

Seriously?

Comment by Snowshoes

So do we keep upgrading one legendary piece throughout the expansion, or will we have to craft new legendaries each tier to match the increasing ilevels? I'm wondering how easy it will be to maintain legendaries for classes that play dual spec (or more), or even for those who enjoy pve and pvp, since it looks like each of those would likely prefer different legendary powers.

Comment by Arni32167

So, how many legendaries can I wear at the same time?

Comment by CrossBlast

Seriously? How high the % drop chance of Shrouded Cloth from mobs? Because I though it would be forever curse of endless grinding and only low chance to get both Shrouded Cloth and Enchanted Lightless Silk. And each of the cloth ranks must be crafted to reach rank 4, really? I hope it could be lessen the rank/ lower the sum of material.

Comment by Hyujin

From what i understand, you basically need to craft 10x a rank 1, then 20x a rank 2, then 20x a rank 3 item to learn how to craft a rank 4. That's 190k gold worth of Orboreal shard (sold by merchants). Per item.

1 520 000 gold in Orboreal shards to learn all eight recipes at rank 4.

And that's without taking into consideration actual materials like ores, cloth and leathers. And enchanters-enhanced cloth/ore/leathers.
Some will regret spending every penny they had on the longboi xD.

Comment by datgrl

Where do you get crafters marks.

Comment by pandacho

I can't see a Grim-Veiled Cape in the Base Items crafted by Tailors - is it not added or am I missing something?

Comment by 256124

On mobile you can't view any of the guides because it comes up with a box saying tap the link, but it is not a link it's just a text box with a brief description of the guides.

Comment by Sesyl91

I wonder... what if, let's say, I pick the wrong stats for my legendary or I decide to switch spec and I have this defensive legendary that I still want to use but it has the wrong stats... do I have to craft the legendary from zero or there is a way to simply change the stats?

Comment by Jaredius

Nice, Alchemy gets the shaft....again. Also, thank God for transmog because the leather set is hideous. Drop the fins on the gloves and boots...and what's with all the crowny helms?

Comment by Armagaren

I did not see this answered here so I tested it out myself. You do not need to start from the lower ilvl legendary base item to craft a higher base item legendary. As long as you have the soul ash that is necessary for that ilvl base item, you can craft that item.

Comment by shungus

so ive crafted a few pieces but it looks like currently you cannot transmog this appearance unless you have the item equipped, so the armor "sets" can't really be re-created as of now... do you have to collect 1 of each slot to do so, or is this just something in a future patch/season to look forward to?

Comment by SaltiDawg

Can you farm the same level over and over in the hopes a legendary power will eventually drop for you? i.e without going to the next level... make the farming easier... Or are you better off increasing your chances by running a 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 etc 5 chances that the legendary will drop verus you doing a single 7 not gettin it and now you've exhausted the lower chances you might have had to get it?

Comment by Morwo

last chapter: 'Shadowlands Legendary Transmogs: Maw Raid Sets' sounds missleading. i would go for: 'Shadowlands Legendary Untransmogable Appearances of the Maw Sets' and skip any mentioning of raids on this one.

Comment by Syphex

This is the amount of time it will take for you to get your legendary from 190 to 235, its a bit mesy cuz i don't know how to really use wowhead reply system.
But i hope it will be to ur help anyway.

Legendary Upgrade cost;
190 > 210: 750
210 > 225: 1200
225 > 235: 1950
Weekly full Clear: 1140 soulash

Weeks it takes to upgrade ur legenadry if u do them on reset:
Itemlevel weeks Cost WeeklyAsh leftover
190 > 210: 1 750 1140 390
210 > 225: 1 1200 1530 330
225 > 235: 2 1950 2610 660

If you do the weekly quests to unlock twisting corridors with the weekly reset

Itemlevel weeks Cost WeeklyAsh leftover
190 > 210: 1 750 1340 590
210 > 225: 1 1200 2080 880
225 > 335: 1 1950 2620 670

You also have the legendary sidequest thats available once a week which gives you ash to unlock the third instance. (The Catchup System affects this)
As of the 3rd Feburary, they hotfixed it so these can be done in all the different layers, you were only locked to the specified layers previously, the quest info can be wrong and will work even if it is.

Week 1
Explore Torghast - 200 Soul Ash

Week 2
Remenants of hope - 100 Soul Ash
Information for a Price - 50 Soul Ash
Torment Chamber: Jaina - 200 Soul Ash

Week 3
Finding a Witness - 50 Soul Ash
Lest the Trail Go Cold - 50 Soul Ash
Torment Chamber: Thrall - 200 Soul Ash
Signs of the Lion - 50 Soul Ash
The Captive King - 250 Soul ash

Total: 1150

Comment by wayaada

Does anyone know....do you have to start at the lowest rank for the base and level it up or can you buy one of the highest ranks for your base and just craft that? The mats involved are insane. I guess I'm looking for a shortcut.

Comment by Dezzuzu

any news for 9.1?

Comment by LeaDLomas

You should list the crafted base items...can´t find them anywhere

Comment by trinketeer

soul ash
an 'elementary' source - once invested , does not disappear. so it is never a waste to make a legendary item that you know you will wear or that you will replace or upgrade. the addon WEAKKEYS has a simple calculator for keeping an eye on things.

the gold cost of the pieces can be quite high and take weeks to accumulate for snap-purchases. the soul ash & soul cinder cost as well take weeks to accumulate.

gather what you can, weekly. upgrade what you need for the week if it is reasonable enough! the *effect* of runecarving will not be adjusted in tiers with upgrades, so begin measuring the impact of your legendary effect as soon as it occurs to you to do so

i recommend favoriting the AH listings for several item levels of several slots for your armor type, and, rings & necks & cloaks . the price drops will happen that will blow your mind and it is OK to store them in your bank for later on . sometimes you can spend 5 gold on a 210 item for a future legendary that will be worth crafting.

Comment by TulkorHammer

I found this guide to be very helpful. Thank you!

Comment by Dockie

If you want to go straight to the 291 crafted legendary, you'll need 2000 Cosmic Flux + 1650 Soul Cinders + 5150 Soul Ash per legendary. You can purchase the ash/cinders for alts from Bonesmith Heirmir in Korthia for Ash/Cinders (with a cut for the seller, of course... 250 cinders purchased with 300 cinders). You can then send the box of mats to your alt.

Comment by Dracology

Wierdly when doing this today to get the quest out of the way I found that I beyond just using a boneshatter helm in the runecarver I had the option of using a timewarped Thurassians Royal Scepter also. I lacked any runes to put on it obviously but its interesting that it showed up for some reason. I'm left wondering if there is some bug that allows for Classic TW raid items to be used in the runecarver. If so that would probably end up being a weird exploit.

Shadowlands Legendary Items Overview - Legendary Powers, Crafting Costs, Runecarving

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